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Overview of the Collection | |
| Creator: | Wood, John J. |
| Title: | John J. Wood collection on the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1965-1991 |
| Quantity: | 6.5 Linear feet textual materials, 15 Photographic prints, 6 Photographic negatives |
| Abstract: | The John J. Wood collection on the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission contains research materials created or collected by former NAU professor John Wood in relationship to legislation connected to the Navajo-Hopi land dispute, including legal documents, magazine and newspaper articles, questionnaires/surveys, notebooks, correspondence, presentations, budgets, and research/reports concerning the impact of relocation, livestock reduction, and Navajo and Hopi culture, as well as related photographs. |
| Identification: | NAU.MS.381 NAU.PH.2005.45 |
| Language: | Material in English. |
| Repository: |
Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives Northern Arizona University Box 6022 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6022 Phone: 928 523-5551 Fax: 928 523-3770 Email: special.collections@nau.edu |
Biographical Note
John J. Wood was a professor of anthropology at Northern Arizona University (NAU). Wood appears to have been affiliated with the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission (NHIRC) in his capacity as an academic researcher. In the 1970s and 1980s, Wood and other colleagues conducted research projects for various government agencies related to the Navajo-Hopi land dispute on topics including relocation and livestock reduction. Wood pursued applied cultural research with Navajo people in Arizona using survey and ethnographic methods, such as conducting interviews with members of the Big Mountain community in 1981 together with Kathy Mullin Stemmler and Anita H. Wood.
Wood published several articles and reports based upon this research including A sociocultural assessment of the livestock reduction program in the Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area (1979, with co-authors Walter M. Vannette and Michael J. Andrews), Land and Religion at Big Mountain: The Effects of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute on Navajo Well-being (1981, with Kathy Mullin Stemmler), and "Sheep is Life":an assessment of livestock reduction in the former Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area (1982, with Vannette and Andrews).
As of 2005, Wood had retired from NAU and was living in Colorado with his wife, Shirley Powell.
Information provided in this biographical note is based on materials provided by the donor as well as published materials by Wood held by Cline Library, listed in the Related Materials note.
Historical Note
The Navajo and Hopi people of the Colorado Plateau region have been engaged in a land dispute since the 1800s. Land that stretches across northeastern Arizona and into portions of northwestern New Mexico and southern Utah is at the center of this controversy. Both tribes shared and lived on the land when Europeans arrived in the region, but they were pushed out of this land by settlers. The 1882 Executive Order issued by Chester Arthur created reservation boundaries for the Navajos and Hopis, confining them to a percentage of their ancestral homelands.
In the 1930s, the first of many drastic livestock reductions were implemented due to the fear of a Colorado Plateau "dust bowl." Grazing districts were soon established to better manage the stock reduction, which significantly impacted the lives of the Navajo and Hopi people. The Hopi territory surrounding the Hopi mesas of northeastern Arizona was labeled District 6, which gave Hopi the exclusive grazing rights within that district's boundaries. The existence of coal and other natural resources on the reservation also caused confusion, since almost all the natural resources were found within the land designated by the original 1882 Executive Order.
With the establishment of the shared reservation land between Navajo and Hopi, an issue arose as to the ownership of the natural resources found there. In the 1960s, the legal case Healing v. Jones in the United States District Court D. Arizona was settled as part of Public Law 85-547. This attempted to determine the rights and interests of the two tribes. The court determined that District 6 became the official Hopi reservation while the rest of the 1882 Executive Order reservation land was termed the Joint Use Area (JUA), which gave both tribes undivided rights and access to that land. The tribes shared the JUA land until the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974, which partitioned the land into two separate reservations. Dividing the land into two equal pieces, the Act forced the Navajo and Hopi households who found themselves on the other tribe's portion of the former JUA land to relocate to their newly designated tribal lands. The total number of relocated Hopi families was approximately 100, while the relocated Navajo families totaled an estimated 10,000.
As part of the Settlement Act, the Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission (NHIRC), was created to complete the relocation of members of both tribes. The NHIRC began operations in 1987 after completing the original Settlement Act relocation plan in 1981. In 1988, revisions to the Settlement Act created the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (ONHIR) which replaced the NHIRC. In 1995, an agreement was created with the Hopi Tribe to allow Navajo families to continue living on Hopi reservation lands under the terms of 75-year lease agreements.
Issues and controversy around the relocation still exist in the present day (2025). It remains a contentious topic among tribal community members.
Information in this historical note is based in part on a December 2019 report issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of the Inspector General titled Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Background and Functions.
Scope and Content
The John J. Wood collection on the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission (NHIRC) contains legal documents, magazine and newspaper articles, questionnaires/surveys, notebooks, correspondence, presentations, budgets, and research/reports concerning the impact of relocation, livestock reduction, and Navajo and Hopi culture, as well as a few photographs.
Manuscript materials (NAU.MS.381) include Wood's personal files on the NHIRC, including legal documents, litigation, testimonies, bills, affidavits, and depositions, documents pertaining to the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Wood's research projects, reports, theses and environmental impact statements, questionnaires and surveys, Wood's notebooks and journals, correspondence and memorandums, presentations, lectures, transparencies, and a program guide, budgetary materials, research materials including newspaper and magazine articles, and raw statistical data from Wood's research.
Photographs in the collection (NAU.PH.2005.4) include 5 black-and-white photographic prints taken by John J. Wood of the Big Mountain community for the 1981 report Land and Religion at Big Mountain: The Effects of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute on Navajo Well-being as well as 10 aerial images including images of Navajo Mountain, Utah, and Shonto Spring on Navajo Nation.
Arrangement
SCA staff, notably Allison Clark, organized materials in the Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission Records into 2 format-based groups:Restrictions
Conditions Governing Access
Due to the presence of personally identifiable information (PII), all materials in Series 10: Raw statistical data of the Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission Records are fully restricted and cannot be accessed on site in the Miriam Lemont Reading Room as of July 2025. Please contact SCA staff to learn more.
No other restrictions on the access and use of manuscript and photographic materials on site in the Miriam Lemont Reading Room.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for Northern Arizona University, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
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Preferred Citation
[Title or brief description of file or item.] John J. Wood collection on the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission [manuscripts] NAU.MS.381, Box [ ], Folder []. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives. Flagstaff, Arizona.
[Title or brief description of file or item.] John J. Wood collection on the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission [photographs], NAU.PH.2005.45.[ ], Box [ ], Folder [ ]. Northern Arizona University. Cline Library. Special Collections and Archives. Flagstaff, Arizona.
Please note that prior to 2025, this collection was titled the Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission Records. Additionally, the photographic call number was mistakenly provided as NAU.PH.2005.4, rather than the correct number of NAU.PH.2005.45.
Processing Information
The John J. Wood collection on the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission was previously titled the Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission Records. Archivist Sam Meier changed the collection title in July 2025 to better reflect the provenance of materials.
SCA staff, notably Allison Clark, processed materials in the John J. Wood collection on the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission in 2007.
Sam Meier and Melissa Lawton reprocessed photographic materials in July 2025 and corrected a typographical error in the photographic call number (NAU.PH.2005.4 instead of NAU.PH.2005.45). Meier updated the finding aid extensively to better reflect the provenance and creatorship of materials and their current arrangement and that time.
Container List
| NAU.MS.381 Manuscripts 1965-1991 6.5 Linear feet textual materials | |||||||||||
| Arrangement | |||||||||||
| SCA staff organized manuscript materials into 10 series: | |||||||||||
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Series 1: Legal documents, 1965-1988
Series 2: Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, 1974-1985
Series 3: Research projects, reports, theses, and environmental impact statements,
1971-1989
Series 4: Questionnaires and surveys, 1981-1985
Series 5: Notebooks and journals belonging to John J. Wood, 1977-1984
Series 6: Correspondence and memorandums, 1979-1987
Series 7: Presentations, lectures, transparencies, and a program guide,
1980-1987
Series 8: Budget submission and proposed resolution, 1982-1986
Series 9: Newspaper and magazine articles, 1966, 1978-1991
Series 10: Raw statistical data (RESTRICTED),
1978-1983
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| Series 1: Legal documents, 1965-1988. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| Includes legal documents, litigation, testimonies, bills, affidavits, and depositions from 1965 to 1988. These items are arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Depositions: United Nuclear, 1965, 1976-1977, 1981-1982. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Public Law 93-531, 1974. | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | American Indian Religious Freedom Act Report, P.L. 95-341, Federal Agencies Task Force, 1979. | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Part 153 - Grazing Regulations for Former Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area Lands, 1979. | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Ordinance No. 24 as amended, 1980. | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Public Law 96-305, 1980. | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Affidavit, Hopi Tribe v. James G. Watt; John J. Wood, 1981. | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Bill-To exchange certain land of the Hopi tribe for certain lands of the Navajo Tribe, s. 1795, 1981. | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | Land Selection and Transfer Progress Report, Public Law 93-531; amended, 1981. | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Report of the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Commission: hearing before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on P.L. 93-531, 1981. | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Affidavits and Depositions, 1981, 1983-1986. | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | 25CFR-Grazing Regulations for Former Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area Lands, 1982. | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | Bill-Relating to the Navajo and Hopi Indian Tribes, s. 3026, 1982. | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Land Selection and Transfer Progress Report, Public Law 93-531; amended, Second Annual Report, 1982. | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Navajo-Hopi Land Exchange: hearing before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, on s. 1795, 1982. | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Litigation, [Illegal Construction on the Hopi Partitioned Land], Ivan L. Sidney v. Peterson Zah, 1984. | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Interim Land Use Regulations for Resettlement Lands, 1985. | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Litigation, [Discrimination Against Native Americans], Means, William A., 1985. | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Project W85-1 (Osetek), legal documents, 1985. | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Affidavits, [Roger Attakai, et al., v. United States, et al.; Jenny Manybeads, et al., v. United States, et al.], 1985-1988. | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Affidavits, Navajo Nation Tribe of Indians, et al. v. Donald P. Hodel, et al., 1986. | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Litigation, [Lack of Planning Process in Relocation under the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act], Navajo Nation Tribe of Indians, et al. v. Donald P. Hodel, 1986. | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Litigation, [Value of Navajo Partitioned Land and Hopi Partitioned Land], Ivan Sidney, et al. v. Peterson Zah, et al., 1986. | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Navajo-Hopi Land Exchange Act, draft bill, 1986. | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Testimony of Chief Justice Tom Tso before the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, In Re the Application of Lorenzo Smith, 1986. | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | 1st Amendment Case, 1986-1988. | |||||||||
| Series 2: Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, 1974-1985. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| Includes documents pertaining to the Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission from 1974 to 1985. These items are arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 27 | NHIRC, Report and Plan, Public Law 93-531, 1974. | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Second Annual Report, 1977. | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Third Quarterly Report, NHIRC, Book I Narrative Report, 1977. | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Third Quarterly Report, NHIRC, Book II Technical Appendix, 1977. | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission , Interim Progress Report, 1978. | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Interim Progress Report, 1978. | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | Brown, Raymond, "An Introductory Paper on the Navajo or Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Navajos but Was Afraid You May Appear too Stupid to Ask," 1979. | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | NAU Evaluation of NHIRC, 1979. | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, 4th Annual Report, 1979. | |||||||||
| 1 | 36 | Sociocultural Assessment of the Livestock Reduction Program in the Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area, 1979. | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Program Update and Report, 1980. | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Commission Operations and Relocation Procedures, 1981-1985. | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Legal Versus Human Rights: The Plight of a Navajo Community Caught in Forced Relocation, research project; Joe, Jennie R., 1982. | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Questions from Senate, Part 2, 1982, 1985. | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | Briefing: Arizona and New Mexico Congressional Delegations, 1983. | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, 7th Annual Report, 1983. | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Report and Plan: 1983 Update, 1983. | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Questions from Senate, Part 1, 1983-1984. | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Statistical Abstract, 1983-1984. | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | NACA Cultural Center Feasibility Study, 1984. | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | National Indian Youth Council, National Indian Political Attitudes and Behavior Poll, 1984. | |||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Report to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Concerning the Status of the Relocation Program and Future Requirements Through Completion, 1984. | |||||||||
| 2 | 13 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Status of Land Acquisition, under P.L. 93-531, as amended, 1984. | |||||||||
| 2 | 14 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Monthly Program Updates and Reports, 1984-1985. | |||||||||
| 2 | 15 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, 9th Annual Report, 1985. | |||||||||
| 2 | 16 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, BIA Report Language, Construction, 1985. | |||||||||
| 2 | 17 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Federal Assistance Form, 1985. | |||||||||
| 2 | 18 | Navajo and Hopi Relocation Commission, Navajo and Hopi Relocatees Needs Assessment Project, Phase One-Final Report, 1985. | |||||||||
| 2 | 19 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Report to the Committee on Appropriations, 1985. | |||||||||
| 2 | 20 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Report to the Sub-Committee on Interior and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations, 1985. | |||||||||
| 2 | 21 | Planning for the New Lands, Policy Options and Synopsis of Comments, Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, 1985. | |||||||||
| 2 | 22 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Commission Operations and Relocation Procedures, undated. | |||||||||
| Series 3: Research projects, reports, theses and environmental impact statements, 1971-1989. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| Includes research projects, reports, theses and environmental impact statements from 1971 to 1989. These items are arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 23 | Austin et al., The Anatomical Atlas of the Navajo Part 1, 1971. | |||||||||
| 2 | 24 | Austin et al., The Anatomical Atlas of the Navajo Part 2, 1971. | |||||||||
| 2 | 25 | Special Report, Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute, 1971-1981. | |||||||||
| 2 | 26 | Hopi-Navajo Land Dispute: Public Law 95-531: Mediators Report and Recommendations, 1975. | |||||||||
| 2 | 27 | Navajo Land Selection, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Volume II, 1978. | |||||||||
| 2 | 28 | Bureau of Indian Affairs Stock Reduction Program, Environmental Assessment, 1977. | |||||||||
| 2 | 29 | Carr, Barbara Ann, The Navajo Tribal Mortality: A Life Table Analysis, Thesis, 1977. | |||||||||
| 2 | 30 | Gilbert, Betty Beetso; Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute: Impact of Forced Relocation on Navajo Families, Research Project, 1977. | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | [Population Study], 1977-1981. | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics Report, 1978. | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Navajo Land Selection, Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Volume I, 1978. | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | Joint Use Area Monthly Reports, 1978-1980. | |||||||||
| 3 | 5 | Population Characteristics of Relocatees; Project PCR., 1978-1981. | |||||||||
| 3 | 6 | Feeney Jr., John J.; The Sacred Mountain of the Navajo and Hopi Indians: Recreational Expansion and Religious Freedom on the San Francisco Peaks, 1979. | |||||||||
| 3 | 7 | FJUA, Demography Proposal, 1979. | |||||||||
| 3 | 8 | The Human Impact of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute, Report, Navajo Community College, 1979. | |||||||||
| 3 | 9 | Mental Health Effects of Navajo Relocation in the Former Joint Use Area, Report; Topper, Martin D., 1979. | |||||||||
| 3 | 10 | Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Commission, Research Contract Proposal, 1979. | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | Navajo Household Income in the Former Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area--AZ-Nev Academy of Science First Draft-Original, 1979. | |||||||||
| 3 | 12 | Preliminary Assessment of the Significance of Navajo Sacred Places in the Vicinity of Big Mountain, Arizona, Report, 1979. | |||||||||
| 3 | 13 | Sociocultural Assessment of the Livestock Reduction Program in the Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area, 1979. | |||||||||
| 3 | 14 | Sociocultural Assessment of the Livestock Reduction Program in the Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area, 1979. | |||||||||
| 3 | 15 | Topper & Johnson - Mental Health FJUA, 1979. | |||||||||
| 3 | 16 | Wood, John J.; Sociocultural Assessment of the Livestock Reduction Program in the Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area: A Summary, 1979. | |||||||||
| 3 | 17 | Wood, John J., Sociocultural Assessment of the Livestock Reduction Program in the Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area: A Summary, 1979. | |||||||||
| 3 | 18 | Wood, John J., Vannette, Walter M., A Preliminary Assessment of the Significance of Navajo Sacred Places in the Vicinity of Big Mountain, Arizona, 1979. | |||||||||
| 3 | 19 | Navajo Relocation/Sacred Places, Part 1, 1979, 1985-1989. | |||||||||
| 3 | 20 | Navajo Relocation/Sacred Places, Part 2, 1979-1985-1989. | |||||||||
| 3 | 21 | Navajo Relocation/Sacred Places, Part 3, 1979, 1985-1989. | |||||||||
| 3 | 22 | Navajo Relocation/Sacred Places, Part 4, Navajo Relocation from Hopi-Partitioned Lands (1986), 1979, 1985-1989. | |||||||||
| 3 | 23 | Economic Implications of Navajo Livestock Reduction, 1980. | |||||||||
| 3 | 24 | Health and Stress Among Navajo Relocatees in Flagstaff, Proposal, 1980. | |||||||||
| 3 | 25 | Understanding Community Development: A Guide for Community Leaders and Professionals, Participant Materials, 1980. | |||||||||
| 3 | 26 | Understanding Community Development: A Guide for Community Leaders and Professionals, Trainers Manual, 1980. | |||||||||
| 3 | 27 | Wood, John J., Economic Implications of Navajo Livestock Reduction, 1980. | |||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | Characteristics of the Population Subject to Relocation by the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, Report; Wood, John J., 1981. | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | Land and Religion at Big Mountain, Paste-Up, 1981. | |||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Land and Religion at Big Mountain, Report, 1981. | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Land Management and the American Indian Religious Freedom Act; Carter, Susan, 1981. | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Mining on Navajo Land and the American Indian Religious Freedom Act; Art, Karen, 1981. | |||||||||
| 4 | 6 | Navajo Livestock Care, A Public Statement, 1981. | |||||||||
| 4 | 7 | Navajo Tribal Chairmans Report, 1981. | |||||||||
| 4 | 8 | Received from JUA office--Flagstaff, 1981. | |||||||||
| 4 | 9 | Relocation Social Services, Monthly Report, 1981. | |||||||||
| 4 | 10 | Vannette, Walter M. and Alison Fearey; Navajo Sacred Places and Resource Use in and near the Coconino, Kaibab, and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, 1981. | |||||||||
| 4 | 11 | Wood, John J. and Michael J. Andrews; Characteristics of the Population Subject to Relocation be the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, 1981. | |||||||||
| 4 | 12 | Minimum Livestock Numbers, Paper and Research, 1981-1982. | |||||||||
| 4 | 13 | The Status of Emergency Services and Other Life Supporting Measures on the Hopi and Navajo Partitioned Lands, Report, 1982. | |||||||||
| 4 | 14 | Preliminary Assessment and Description of Related Emergency Services on the Hopi and Navajo Partitioned Lands, Study/Correspondence, 1982-1983. | |||||||||
| 4 | 15 | Andrews, Michael J.; Toward an Understanding of the Concept of Home in Navajo Culture, 1983. | |||||||||
| 4 | 16 | Emergency Management on the Navajo and Hopi Reservations, Draft Application, 1983. | |||||||||
| 4 | 17 | The Partitioned Lands (Emergency Services) Project Summary, 1983. | |||||||||
| 4 | 18 | Preliminary Assessment and Description of Related Emergency Services on the Hopi and Navajo Partitioned Lands, 1983. | |||||||||
| 4 | 19 | Review: "Sheep is Life," 1983. | |||||||||
| 4 | 20 | Scientific Analysis Corporation, Relocation Report, 1983. | |||||||||
| 4 | 21 | Wood, John J., Some Mitigation Patterns of Former Joint Use Area Navajos, 1983. | |||||||||
| 4 | 22 | Wood, John J., Some Mitigation Patterns of Former Joint Use Area Navajos - Draft, 1983. | |||||||||
| 4 | 23 | Wood, John J.; Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1983-1984. | |||||||||
| 4 | 24 | Aleman, Sara; [Trainer Training Workshop], 1983-1985. | |||||||||
| 4 | 25 | Cuny, Paulette, Espericueta, Raul, and Oxtoby, Michael, Relocation Policies, Programs, and Impacts: The Navajo and Hopi Land Dispute, Research Project, Arizona State University, 1984. | |||||||||
| 4 | 26 | Mangin, Frank; Economic Development in the I-40 Corridor, 1984. | |||||||||
| 4 | 27 | Report to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Concerning the Status of the Relocation Program and Future Requirements Through Completion, 1984. | |||||||||
| 4 | 28 | Wood, John J.; There is No Place but Here: Rural Navajo Perceptions of Livestock Reduction and Impending Relocation - AAA, 1984. | |||||||||
| 4 | 29 | Big Mountain Community Proposal to the Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission, 1985. | |||||||||
| 4 | 30 | Henderson, Eric; Wealth, Status and Change Among the Kaibeto Plateau Navajo, Dissertation, 1985. | |||||||||
| 4 | 31 | Number of Families Who Have Relocated to On-Reservation Communities, 1984-1985. | |||||||||
| 4 | 32 | Planning for New Lands: Policy Options and Synopsis of Comments, 1985. | |||||||||
| 4 | 33 | Planning for New Lands: Synopsis of Comments and Related Policy Issues, CH2M, 1985. | |||||||||
| 4 | 34 | Puerco Unified School District, [Information and Impacts of Relocation], 1985. | |||||||||
| 4 | 35 | Report to the Committee on Appropriations, Surveys and Investigations Staff, 1985. | |||||||||
| 4 | 36 | Report to the Sub-Committee on Interior and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations, 1985. | |||||||||
| 4 | 37 | Russell, Scott C., The Navajo and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, 1985. | |||||||||
| 4 | 38 | Schwartz, Judith L.; Native Americans in a Southwestern University: A Study of the Impact of Traditionality on Success in Higher Education, 1985. | |||||||||
| 4 | 39 | Appropriation Summary Statement, 1986. | |||||||||
| 4 | 40 | "In Defense of Sacred Land," Selected Bibliography, 1986. | |||||||||
| 4 | 41 | Land and Religion - Society for Applied Anthropology, 1986. | |||||||||
| 4 | 42 | Navajo Relocation from Hopi-Partitioned Lands; Wood, John J., 1986. | |||||||||
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| 5 | 1 | Aberle, David F., The Navajo Today, 1987. | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | Tripps, Betsy L.; Cultural Resource Investigations Near Big Mountain, Arizona: Inventory and Ethnohistory Along the Turquoise Trail Road Project, 1987. | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | Wilson, Roger and Judith Schwartz; Expanding the Number of Navajo and Hopi Teachers: A Student Pool Assessment, Final Report to Exxon Education Foundation, 1988. | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | Factual Allegations, [Sacred Sites to the Navajo], undated. | |||||||||
| 5 | 5 | The Human Impact of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute: The Navajo View, Executive Summary, undated. | |||||||||
| 5 | 6 | Miscellaneous Documents, Part 1, undated. | |||||||||
| 5 | 7 | Miscellaneous Documents, Part 2, undated. | |||||||||
| 5 | 8 | Program Information Document, Sanders Health Center, undated. | |||||||||
| 5 | 9 | Ritt, Leonard G.; Some Social and Political Views of American Indians, undated. | |||||||||
| 5 | 10 | Triplett, Mike, New Lands General Plan Comments, undated. | |||||||||
| 5 | 11 | Unidentified Documents, undated. | |||||||||
| 5 | 12 | [Unknown author], [Development of the Peaks], undated. | |||||||||
| Series 4: Questionnaires and surveys, 1981-1985. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| Includes questionnaires and surveys from 1981 to 1985. These items are arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
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| 5 | 13 | Navajo JUA Residents Interview, 1981. | |||||||||
| 5 | 14 | Land Use/Historical Narrative, Interview Schedule, 1984. | |||||||||
| 5 | 15 | Sociocultural Assessment of the Livestock Reduction Program in the Navajo-Hopi Joint Use Area, Household Surveys, 1984. | |||||||||
| 5 | 16 | Digest of Input Received During Meetings With Relocatee Extended Families, 1984-1985. | |||||||||
| 5 | 17 | Relocation Questionnaires, 1984-1985. | |||||||||
| 5 | 18 | Johnson-Conner, Angela, Preliminary Analysis of Interviews Conducted With Three Family Groups Living on and Adjacent to Hopi Partitioned Lands, 1985. | |||||||||
| 5 | 19 | Varner, Tim, Questionnaire Summary Report/New Lands Survey, 1985. | |||||||||
| Series 5: Notebooks and journals belonging to John J. Wood, 1977-1984. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| Includes notebooks and journals belonging to John J. Wood from 1981 to 1985. These items are arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
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| 5 | 20 | Wood, John J., Journal, 1977-1979. | |||||||||
| 5 | 21 | Wood, John J., Miscellaneous Notebooks, [1981]. | |||||||||
| 5 | 22 | Wood, John J., Miscellaneous Journal, 1984. | |||||||||
| Series 6: Correspondence and memorandums, 1979-1987. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| Includes correspondence and memorandums from 1979 to 1987. These items are arranged chronologically by day, month and year. Of importance is correspondence between John J. Wood and Barry Goldwater. | |||||||||||
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| 5 | 23 | Correspondence: Anne Homes to Abbott Sekaquaptewa, August 1979. | |||||||||
| 5 | 24 | Navajo Research Communications, May 1979-May 1984. | |||||||||
| 5 | 25 | Correspondence: Abbott Sekaquaptewa to Roberta Blackgoat, December 1980. | |||||||||
| 5 | 26 | Correspondence: Louis Simon Godefroi to Roberta Blackgoat, December 1980. | |||||||||
| 5 | 27 | Correspondence: George P. Vlassis to John J. Wood, May 1981-June 1981. | |||||||||
| 5 | 28 | Correspondence: George P. Vlassis, August 1981. | |||||||||
| 5 | 29 | Correspondence/Resolution; Ragsdale, Pat, November 1981. | |||||||||
| 5 | 30 | Correspondence: Barry Goldwater, 1981. | |||||||||
| 5 | 31 | Correspondence: Barry Goldwater and John J. Wood, May 1981-June 1981, January 1986. | |||||||||
| 5 | 32 | Correspondence: CH2M Hill, January 1984-April 1985. | |||||||||
| 5 | 33 | Correspondence: Sidney R. Yates to Stephen G. Goodrich, January 1985. | |||||||||
| 5 | 34 | Memorandum: Harold W. Tso to Percy Deal, Critique of Planning for New Lands, March 1985. | |||||||||
| 5 | 35 | Correspondence: Bud Bristow to Thomas L. Peters, Arizona Game & Fish Department, March 1985. | |||||||||
| 5 | 36 | Memorandum: David Shaw-Serdar to Steve Goodrich, New Lands Settlement Alternatives, April 1985. | |||||||||
| 5 | 37 | Memorandum: Jack C. Jackson to Roman Bitsui, Memorial - Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute, December 1985. | |||||||||
| 5 | 38 | Memorandum: Elmer Clark to Roman Bitsui, Report on New Lands Tours, December 1985. | |||||||||
| 5 | 39 | Correspondence: Bruce R. Greene to John J. Wood, February 1986. | |||||||||
| 5 | 40 | Correspondence: David Shaw-Serdar to John Wood, March 1986. | |||||||||
| 5 | 41 | Correspondence: John Wood and Barry Paisner, May 1986-June 1986. | |||||||||
| 5 | 42 | Correspondence: Richard O. Clemmer to John Wood, June 1986. | |||||||||
| 5 | 43 | Memorandums: David Shaw-Serder to Christopher J. Bavasi, Report on the Post-Move Survey, November 1986-January 1987. | |||||||||
| 5 | 44 | Correspondence: John Wood and Dave, February 1987-March 1987. | |||||||||
| 5 | 45 | Correspondence: John J. Wood to S. Barry Paisner, October 1987. | |||||||||
| 5 | 46 | Correspondence: Matthew Strassberg to John Wood, August 1988. | |||||||||
| 5 | 47 | Correspondence: Sandra Massetto to John Wood, May 1990. | |||||||||
| 5 | 48 | Correspondence: Vernon Masayesva to Eugene Hughes/John Wood, October 1990. | |||||||||
| 5 | 49 | Correspondence: Eugene Hughes to Vernon Masayesva, October 1990. | |||||||||
| 5 | 50 | Correspondence: Askie Betsie to Congressman Udall, undated. | |||||||||
| 5 | 51 | Correspondence: Kristen to John Wood, undated. | |||||||||
| Series 7: Presentations, lectures, transparencies and a program guide, 1980-1987. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| Includes presentations, lectures, transparencies, and a program guide from 1980 to 1987. These items are arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
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| 5 | 52 | Southwest Institute Lecture Program, 1980, 1986-1987. | |||||||||
| 5 | 53 | Water for Life Acoustic Benefit Concert, Program Guide, 1981. | |||||||||
| 5 | 54 | Gigante, James J., Presentation, Statewide Conference to Promote Recognition of Mental Health Problems of the Refugee Population, 1984-1986. | |||||||||
| 5 | 55 | Aberle, David F., The Tragedy of Relocation, Lecture delivered at Dartmouth College, 1986. | |||||||||
| 5 | 56 | Transparencies, [Joint Use Area], undated. | |||||||||
| Series 8: Budget submission and proposed resolution, 1982-1986. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| Includes a budget submission, budget justification and proposed resolution from 1982 to 1986. These items are arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
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| 5 | 57 | 1984 OMB Budget Submission, 1982. | |||||||||
| 5 | 58 | Resolution/Proposed Resolution of the Navajo-Hopi Land Commission of the Navajo Tribal Council, 1985. | |||||||||
| 5 | 59 | Congressional Presentation: Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission Budget Justification, 1986. | |||||||||
| Series 9: Newspaper and magazine articles, 1966, 1978-1991. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| Includes newspaper and magazine articles in 1966 and from 1978 to 1991. These items are arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
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| 6 | 1 | "Ways of Working with Navajos Who Have Not Learned the White Mans Ways," by Kathryn Polacca, Navajo Times, 1966. | |||||||||
| 6 | 2 | "Big Mountain Revisited," Navajo Times: Special Report, 1978. | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | Relocation: Navajo-Hopi Relocation - An End to a Way of Life, Arizona Republic, Newspaper Clippings, 1978. | |||||||||
| 6 | 4 | "Relocation of Joint Use Families Before Congress," Qua Toqti, 1979. | |||||||||
| 6 | 5 | "Big Mountain People," by Marnie Samuelson, Photographs by Dan Budnik, Polaroid Close-Up, 1980. | |||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Big Mountain Pictorial-Arizona Arts & Lifestyle, 1980. | |||||||||
| 6 | 7 | "The Drama of the Hopi Ogres," by Joann Kealiinohomoku, Southwestern Indian Ritual Drama, 1980. | |||||||||
| 6 | 8 | Wood, John J., Rural Western Navajo Household Income Strategies, American Ethnologist, 1980. | |||||||||
| 6 | 9 | "A Cultural Crisis," by Lea Lundberg, Arizona Living, 1981. | |||||||||
| 6 | 10 | Navajo-Hopi Relocation, Newspaper Clippings, 1981. | |||||||||
| 6 | 11 | Relocation, Newspaper Clippings, 1981, 1983-1986. | |||||||||
| 6 | 12 | "Guardians of the Sacred Earth: The Fight to Save Indian Lands - and Lives," New Age, 1982. | |||||||||
| 6 | 13 | National Indian Youth Council on American Indian Religious Freedom Act, Article, 1982. | |||||||||
| 6 | 14 | "Big Mountain Sun Dance Unites All People in Traditional Religious Ceremony," by Marley Shebala, Navajo Times, 1983. | |||||||||
| 6 | 15 | "It Works! Private Industry on the Navajo Reservation," by Fairlee E. Winfield, Arizona Business and Economic Review, 1984. | |||||||||
| 6 | 16 | Arizona Law Review, A Policy Review of the Federal Governments Relocation of Navajo Indians Under P.L. 95-531 and P.L. 96-305; Whitson, Hollis A., 1985. | |||||||||
| 6 | 17 | "The Sheep and Goat Corral: A Key Structure in Navajo Site Analysis," by Scott C. Russell and Jeffrey S. Dean, The Kiva, 1985. | |||||||||
| 6 | 18 | "Crying for the Children of the Sacred Ground: A Review Article on the Hopi-Navajo Land Dispute," by Richard O. Clemmer, American Indian Quarterly, 1991. | |||||||||
| 6 | 19 | "The Hopi-Navajo Situation Under the New Commissioner," Anthropology Newsletter, 1991. | |||||||||
| 6 | 20 | Newspaper Articles, Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Commission, undated. | |||||||||
| Series 10: Raw statistical data (RESTRICTED) 1978-1983. | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| Includes seven binders of raw statistical data from 1978 to 1983. These items are arranged chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Access Restrictions | |||||||||||
| Due to the presence of personally identifiable information (PII), all materials in Series 10: Raw statistical data are fully restricted and cannot be accessed on site in the Miriam Lemont Reading Room as of July 2025. Please contact SCA staff to learn more. | |||||||||||
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| 6 | 21 | Corrected Frequencies JUAHH2-V001 to V136, JUA Research Project, Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, 1978. | |||||||||
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| 7 | 1 | Data Summaries, Household Income and Employment of Household MEMB: JUA Project, Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, 1978. | |||||||||
| 7 | 2 | Livestock Reciprocities, JUA Research Project, Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, 1978. | |||||||||
| 7 | 3 | JUA Research Project, JUAHH2, Department of Anthropology, Northern Arizona University, 1978. | |||||||||
| 7 | 4 | NHIRCP-Analysis, 1981. | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | NHIRCP-Frequencies, 1981. | |||||||||
| 7 | 6 | Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission Data, MJA4 Full Data Set, Working Copy For Cleaning, 1983. | |||||||||
| NAU.PH.2005.45 Photographs, circa 1968-1983 15 Photographic printsalso includes negatives | |||||||||||
| Scope and Contents | |||||||||||
| The photographs group includes 5 black and white photographs taken by John J. Wood of the Big Mountain community for the report Land and Religion at Big Mountain as well as 10 aerial images and various photographic negatives. | |||||||||||
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| PH01 | 1 | NAU.PH.2005.45.1.1-5 Report photographs, 1981 | |||||||||
| Scope & Contents | |||||||||||
| Photographs in this file were utilized as illustrations for the report Land and Religion at Big Mountain. Labels on the original photographs indicate that they include images of the Bedoni family (John Redburro, Zonnie Bedoni and grandchildren, daughter Rose Manygoats), Lydia Watchman at Red Willow Spring after destruction, Linda Watchman in her home, and Dineh Yazzie and Tsosie Horseherder Yazzie. | |||||||||||
| PH01 | 2 | NAU.PH.2005.45.2.1-10 Aerial photographs, circa 1968 | |||||||||
| Scope & Contents | |||||||||||
| Aerial images in this file include images of Navajo Mountain in Utah and Shan-to [Shonto] Spring on Navajo Nation. | |||||||||||
| PH01 | 3 | NAU.PH.2005.45.3.1-6 Miscellaneous negatives, circa 1983 | |||||||||